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National standard format is yyyy-mm-dd. [161] dd.mm.yyyy format is used in some places where it is required by EU regulations, for example for best-before dates on food [162] and on driver's licenses. d/m format is used casually, when the year is obvious from the context, and for date ranges, e.g. 28-31/8 for 28–31 August.
Note that, according to MOS:DATEUNIFY, dates in citations can be a different format from dates in the text as long as the citation date format is consistent and follows the rules in MOS:DATEUNIFY, even when a dates template specifies a specific article style. Automated date formatting tools generally do not account for this potential difference.
Standard format: 1- or 2-digit day, the spelled-out month, and 4-digit year (e.g. 4 February 2023) Civilian format: spelled out month, 1-or 2-digit day, a comma, and the 4-digit year (e.g. February 4, 2023). [12] Date Time Group format, used most often in operation orders. This format uses DDHHMMZMONYY, with DD being the two-digit day, HHMM ...
Think carefully before changing established date formats of existing articles, especially multiple articles in a particular subject area. Consider whether the proposed change would improve Wikipedia (beyond conforming the articles to your personal preference) and whether editors who have contributed to the article(s) may have reached a consensus to use a particular format.
But because Version 2.0 did not address test-level issues and was not compatible with Version 1, and because 2.1 was still under development, adoption of Version 2 was retarded. This was compounded in 2009 when IMS GLC withdrew the Version 2.1 draft and advised the user community that the only version "fully endorsed" by IMS GLC was 1.2.1, in ...
Except on pages that are inherently time-sensitive and updated regularly (e.g. the "Current events" portal), terms such as now, today, currently, present, to date, so far, soon, upcoming, ongoing, and recently should usually be avoided in favor of phrases such as during the 2010s, since 2010, and in August 2020.
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